Fender for power-driven cars.



R. FORWARD.

FENDER FOR POWER DRIVEN CARS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28.1911. RENEWED JAN. 16. 1913.

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Application filed July 28, 1911, Serial No. 641,106.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Ross FORWARD, citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenders for Power- Driven Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fenders for powerdriven cars, all substantially as shown and described and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the front of a car equipped with my new and original fender, and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation thereof lengthwise of the car with the fender down in use. Fig. 3 is somewhat similar elevation to Fig. 2 with the fender in raised or folded position. Fig. i is a plan view of the post upon which the fender carrying, chain is detachably engaged. Fig. 5 is a front view thereof, and Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional elevation of said post and showing related parts as will hereinafter fully appear.

C represents a carrier, which preferably is provided with a tubular frame having its rear ends bent upward at right angles and pivotally and ustably supported in or upon depending brackets b. The said frame also has a suitable apron a between the sides and front of the same, and which can be made of wire or the like. Chains 2 extend t from the front and sides of the said carrier to the tops of the posts P which have open recesses in their top adapted to receive said chains through the same. For convenience of handling and adjusting the said chain the said open recesses are formed by means of a pair of hook shaped projections or.

horns 3 turned inwardly toward each other but, spaced apart'far enough to pass the chain down between them, and any one of the links is adapted to lie flat or horizontally in said recess and be engaged by the locking bolt 4. The said bolt isslidablymounted in cars or projections onthe rear of said post and provided with a spiral lift spring 5.between the lower ear 6 and the collar 7 on said bolt and whereby said bolt is normally held in raised position. Chain 8 engages the lower end of said bolt and is engaged by a forwardlyprojecting arm 9 from a trans verse rod 10, mounted beneath the front of the car body and extending across to carry specification of Letters Patent.

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both said arms 9, one for each chain 8. A. single foot-controlled lever 12 rigid with said transverse rod 10 controls the same and said lever is itself controlled by a headed depresslble bolt 13 in convenient position for the motorinan to set his foot upon and force the said lever and arm downward and thus withdraw the bolt 4: from the carrier chains."

This being done the said carrier will instantly drop to the pavement and upon the rails as seen in dotted lines, 2, and slide over the surface thereof in a manner to pick up a person who may have fallen or otherwise been prostrated upon the car track.

It will. thus be seen that this fender is essentially an emergency fender under the immediate control of the motorman and which can be dropped to protecting pick-up position the instant a person is seen to be exposed and in advance of his prostration or falling upon the track. Dogs and other small animals can be picked up in the same way. However, a standing person struck by the fender would naturally be tripped up and thrown back upon the f nder to a position of safety even with the fender raised to usual working position at its front or striking edge. This would be especially true of larger children and grown persons, and it would depend on the elevation of he fender whether a child would be picked up in this way. It would almost invariably ifthe fen der were lowered t the ground in time. Being thrown or cast upon the net work of apron a it would also encounter the spring buffer 16, especially. if the car were traveling at some speed. This part is therefore constructed in manner to cushion or break the fall without injury to the person and to this end is pivotally mounted on studs 17 on the sides of frame or carrier {3 and adapt ed to fold forward on sale frame or to have said frame fold back quite against the same in Fig. 3, but is prevented from tilting back when the carrier is down by reason of the downward extensions 18 at its bottom below pivot studs 17. Hence if an object strikes the louder when it is in use the buffer will have a spring yield or cushion for a reasonable distance and suffice for all ordinary purposes. A. chain 20 secured to said buffer at about its middle and top has a snap-hook 21 detachably connected with a ring 19 which is slidably engaged on a vertically disposed rod 22 on the front of the car. These instrumentalities hold the bufier under tension in working position when the carrier is down, while permitting retirement when struck as well as folding of the fender and buffer when raised without detachment from rod 2 This rod also works protection for the headlight H, being in advance thereof for the buffer to strike and rest against, see ig. 3.

A spiral spring 24 is inserted in each of the chains 2 at their outer ends to provide a measure of elasticity in said chains and thus somewhat relieve the fall of the person and the strain upon the fender if a person were to be caught in this way with the fender up. i

The posts or uprights P are bolted on the bumper portion of the car body, and the said bumper usually being rounded transversely of the car the said posts are provided with something of a twist between their ends to bring them into right working relations with the fender frame. In other words, the base and head parts of the posts are angularly related to permit chains 2 to extend on straight lines between their attached ends to avoid bind and facilitate release thereof.

'lrieferring to the chains 2, 8 and 20, it

will be understood that any equivalent of a chain in any one of those places may be used. At first I tried a rod link connection in lieu of chain 8 but found that it tended to bind in itsbearings Likewise any suitable trip mechanism with a foot or hand actuation may be substituted for what is shown and be within the spirit of the invention. The said carrier is adapted to r be folded against the front of the car with the buffer next between as shown in Fig. 3. C ne or both of the chains 2 may be caught on hooks 23 on the car body to hold the carrier up when folded, and this may be accomplished without detaching the chain from bolts 4L. The projections 3 prevent self-release of the chain 2 from bolts to raise or lower the carrler in respect to the car, a feature of advantage in attaching the fender to different styles of cars or where hilly or steep-graded road-beds are encountered.

lVhat I claim is:

1. A car body having posts on the front and sides thereof provided with open recesses in their top, a carrier pivotally supported at its rear beneath said body, chains connected with the front of the carrier and engaged insaid. recesses, a set of sliding spring pressed bolts supported by said posts and adapted to engage the said chains in said posts, and manually actuated means adapted to withdraw said bolts comprising a rotatable shaft, and arms thereon connected with the said bolts, and a foot controlled lever fixed on said shaft and adapted to rotate the same and depress said levers and withdraw said bolts, thus releasing the said carrier.

2. A car body, a carrier frame thereon having rigid sides bent upward at right angles at their rear ends and engaged at their extremities on pivots fixed in the front and bottom of the said body, means supporting said carrier in a horizontal position comprising brackets on the said body having open recesses and pins slidable in said recesses to and from supporting position, in combination with a buffer Vpivotally supported on the said carrier frame, a fixed;

vertically disposed guide rod on the front of the car body and a flexible connection slidable on said rod and engaged withthe said buffer.

3. The combination with acar body of a carrier frame pivoted thereon, posts on the front of said body and suspensory chains connected with the front of said carrierand said posts, in combination with bolts slidably mounted on said posts and adaptedto engage the links of said chains therein,'a rockxshaft on said car body having a depression arm and a pair of bolt actuating arms rigid thereon, and links connecting said actuating arms with the said bolts, whereby when the motorman depresses said depression arm the other two arms are directly depressed also and said bolts are released.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROSS FORWARD.

lVitnesses R. B, MOSER, F. C. MUssUN.

7. Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

